How To Address Overstay & Deportation From Jordan?

[Chancy 6,241]

3 hours ago, Jason and May said:

At any rate, the DS-160 is pretty clear in its questions, and she needs to mark that yes, she has been arrested without conviction. And that yes, she has been deported from another country, even without formal deportation proceedings. 

 

Her overstay and deportation from Jordan may not be an issue for US immigration, but her arrest and jail time certainly are.  The DS-260 form (not DS-160) has this question -- "Have you ever been arrested or convicted for any offense or crime, even though subject of a pardon, amnesty, or other similar action?"  It's good that your wife will truthfully answer "Yes" to that question.  NVC and the US embassy will likely require records from Jordan about her arrest.  Have you been able to get a "Certificate of Non-Conviction" from Jordan's Ministry of Justice?

 

[Jason and May 79]

51 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

Her overstay and deportation from Jordan may not be an issue for US immigration, but her arrest and jail time certainly are.  The DS-260 form (not DS-160) has this question -- "Have you ever been arrested or convicted for any offense or crime, even though subject of a pardon, amnesty, or other similar action?"  It's good that your wife will truthfully answer "Yes" to that question.  NVC and the US embassy will likely require records from Jordan about her arrest.  Have you been able to get a "Certificate of Non-Conviction" from Jordan's Ministry of Justice?

 

Hi, Chancy. Thank you for your reply. 

 

We’ve requested the CNC twice through the Ministry’s website, paying the fee via eFAWATEER. My wife recently called the Ministry, and she was told they only provide them in person. That doesn’t seem correct, based on the Ministry’s website, but that’s what she was told. 

 

The Jordanian embassy in Manila sent her paperwork with instructions on how to request a police clearance certificate, so we have recently requested that. 

 

I think we’ll see if this second request for the CNC actually generates anything. She didn’t appear in court in Amman, but she was required to stay in the jail until she either paid up the residency card or decided to go home. So, knowing nothing about Jordanian law, I have no idea how to classify any of it. But to be safe and honest, I think she will answer yes to the arrest and removal questions, because whether she was technically arrested, she was held in the jail and she was removed from Jordan. 

 

I imagine getting the relevant records may be difficult, because she’s had a difficult time getting answers about the CNC and PCC. I don’t speak Arabic, or I would call. I think it’s easier to give her a run around because she tends to be very passive in situations like that.